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16 February 2017

Sandbox - 16feb17

[Many apologies for having closed the 12feb17 sandbox without opening a new one - I really did mean to do that instantly, but somehow it fell through the crack with all the other debates going on below my subsequent posts. Mea culpa. That said, all I ask is that if there's a recent topical post on a given subject/issue, then please enter your relevant comments into its comment stream. Much grass. gjr]

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PaulE 312pm - I'll have to vote that your hyperbole and choice of words was indeed more fake news for the day. "...and the Russians were responsible for it, and your people were on the phone with Russia on the same day (the hacking) was happening". Really, any evidence whatsoever for that? And stipulate the positive, so fu@!ing what!?

Also check out the fake news on ICE "roundups" on 'Ruminations - 17feb17'.

The democrat media machine is desperately ignoring the utter failure of todays 'general strike'. The snowflake brigade must be preoccupied with the latest update of candy crush. I was wondering who was going to show up at the American version of socialist European general strikes. It seems the idea of a general strike went over as big as a haggis party with the snowflakes. A dozen here, no one there, couldn't even get the paid dem anarchists out. The European socialist at least know how to throw a strike. The dems protester class must have burned through Soros's feb. check already.

I wonder what our resident news man, PE thinks caused the utter failure of the so called 'nation wide' event? ;-)

“For pundits on the Left, the idea that conservatives can judge the presidency issue by issue is completely unacceptable. As important as attacking Trump is, depicting conservatives as fellow travelers who enable fascism confirms every preconceived notion they harbor about the Right.” —David Harsanyi

"THEY TOLD ME IF DONALD TRUMP TOOK POWER, FASCIST VIOLENCE WOULD THREATEN CIVIL GOVERNANCE. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Betsy DeVos being guarded by U.S. Marshals Service. “The last Cabinet member protected by marshals was a director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.”

So, basically, taking on the Education Cartel is as dangerous as taking on the Drug Cartels? Well, the former has more money and jobs at stake. . . "

George, those were the words of Sheppard Smith, Fox News Anchor. I included that quote to illustrate that Trump has virtually no support from ANY media even Fox. For your reading enjoyment I'll reprint Smith words here:

" It’s crazy what we’re watching every day. It’s absolutely crazy. He keeps repeating ridiculous throwaway lines that are not true at all and sort of avoiding this issue of Russia as if we’re some kind of fools for asking the question. Really? Your opposition was hacked, and the Russians were responsible for it, and your people were on the phone with Russia on the same day it was happening, and we’re fools for asking the questions?

No, sir. We’re not fools for asking these questions. And we demand to know the answer to this question. You owe this to the American people. Your supporters will support you either way. If your people were on the phone with her, what were they saying? We have a right to know. We absolutely do.

And that you call us “fake news” and put us down like children for asking these questions on behalf of the American people is inconsequential. The people deserve that answer at very least."

PaulE 1203pm - ShepardS is not Moses with the tablets, and his erroneous statements claiming that concurrency demonstrates it. In fact, because ShepardS has now declared his true colors as a virtual MSNBC plant on FN, there is a rising groundswell to have him replaced with a true news anchor for the midday broadcast instead of the leftwing editorializer that he is. But that is a different story.

Hey poll head PE, what do they call it when you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome? So that's what 8 times you sling that drama queen shep as proof? He has always hated the President my poor ol' poll head PE. Sad.

Here is one to make a poll heads head explode. The swing demographic, independent voters view the President as more truthful than the press by a margin of 2 to 1. OUCH! ;-)

Heard the Chess Player looked out from behind the curtail as the press were lining up for the "Labor Secretary Announcement" press conference, smiled, and said, "The Wall of Opposition has lined up.

With the Dems all in pieces strewn all about, the MSM is the opposition. I am going to stop focusing on the Leftist Alt-Left for awhile since everything they try to do blows up in their faces. Everything backfires on them and no use paying them much mind until they get all stitched up and sewn back together.
"Mr. President, the Wall of Opposition is ready for you, sir"

Oh course Sally said that when she got all jacked up like a local guitarman three days ago cause they had been pounding on Trump, had him on the ropes, then pounded on him until he was on his last legs and all the sharks smelled blood in the water. It was a feeding frenzy!

Today, Sally's twitter feed is devoted to home remedies for children's colds.
What goes up must come down.

I may be wrong but wasn't Sheb Smith the Fox newscaster that you once applauded for his "fair and balanced " coverage as part of broadcasting News and not Rush spinoff blabbing as in the later hours (Hannity etc).

So Trump cant find anyone to replace Flynn to head the NSA. My guess is that something very stinky is about to plop on Trump from foreign shores and they know that he us likely to be blackmailed by the Rushkies because of what they and others know about Trump.

So General McCaffrey joins the choir about turmoil in the Trump White House

"Appearing on MSNBC, retired Gen. Barry McCaffery said the Trump administration is having difficulties replacing ousted National Security Adviser Mike Flynn because likely candidates are looking at a “disorganized” White House and have no desire to destroy their careers.

McCaffrey addressed the fact the former Gen. David Petraeus had withdrawn his name for consideration two days after Vice Adm. Robert Harward opted out after seeing President Trump’s widely derided press conference.Asked to comment, McCaffrey first pointed out that many likely candidates wouldn’t be considered because they had previously criticized Trump.

“I think part of the problem is the intellectual heavyweights of the defense community and the Republican Party all denounced the president during the campaign, so the pickings are sort of slim,” McCaffrey explained.

“The problem is the acrimonious nature, the disorganization inside the White House and for that matter, with among the government, is so profound that a lot of good people who are are going to be hesitant to risk their career for public service,” he warned.

Asked about the fact that former Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) has yet to be confirmed as Director of National Intelligence, McCaffery didn’t see that happening.

“Well, I’m — I would not be unsurprised to see Senator Coats withdraw his name,” McCaffery replied. “There was a lot of talk about putting in other unqualified people in the administration and in the intelligence community. ”

Amazing that the Left completely overlooks (here and elsewhere) the real problems with our intelligence services which is their lack of confidentiality, which should be and is job one at all the world's intelligence agencies. Ours leaks classified information like a sieve, and no one in the lamestream or of the Left gives a big rat's ass about that. All are focused on the next thing that can be shoved into the gears of the Trump administration. Talk about concern for national security and patriotism.

So Bessee let me get this straight. You give mo meaning to the fact that Trump is historically low by a large margin in the aggregate of Polls on the Presidents handling of his job in their first month in office?

I see my old cohort Mike Lee is on the PCWA and this Board as well. I think we did not join it way back and for what reason I have forgotten. County of Origon is the tie that binds. My guess is the radical lefty eco-nuts want to crash the place.

My guess is that the leaks are coming from inside the White House by those who would like to bring Trump down. Much like the rebellion among Repubs that took out Nixon. It will just take a simple connection between the Trump campaign and the Rushkies before the elections to rock the ship sending Trump looking for a life raft that may not be offered to him.

Speaking of leaks what is your view of Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers that outed the illegal war Nixon was waging in Cambodia.

Looks like Paul had not looked at the new polls from Fivethirtyeight. Come on Paul, keep up with the times. Oh yeah, the leaks are coming from theShadow Govetnment, not the White House. Some from Foggy Bottom as well.

I went to 538 to look for polls and couldn't find any. Can you send a link? For aggregate polls I go to RCP Polls and Polling Reports.com Between them they seem to present all major polls in a compact format. Here are links

Gosh Bill that had nothing to do with polling. Are you having a problem with simple computer skills?

Meanshile todays Trump Mouth lie has to do with what he claimed happened in Sweden. The mouth spouts

In defending his executive order banning Islamic refugees and travelers from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., Trump said, “When you look at what’s happening in Germany, when you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden — Sweden! Who would believe this? Sweden!”

Sweden's Islamic colonists were covered last night on Tucker Carlson. Swedes are being terrorized *daily* by Muslims who now live in insular communities like those in France into which Swedish law enforcement dare not enter. The Swedish government is still in drastic denial about all this while its citizens and the people surrounding Sweden know exactly what is happening. That is what our president had the courage to point out, and what no progressive has made a peep about over these past years.

Anybody feel like stepping forward to help Bill learn how to Google polls on Nate silvers site? He tried a while ago but failed miserably I thought someone might step forward to help him learn how to do such complicated things

I'm guessing this kind of thing bugged you during Bush the Latters administration, faded to insignificance during the reign of Barry the First, and re-entered your consciousness about the time you connected the dots between the DeVos family and Erik Prince.

So George in your view there was no particular incident that inspired trumps statement. But rather a news rant on late night fox ( not to be confused with a newscast ) that inspired him to say " what happened last night in Sweden

My oh my George That's kind of a stretch I'm surprised you used such a week justification for trumps lies

PaulE 1058am - I'm glad you're entertained. But I am heartened that Trump is America's first political leader that is calling out the EUs idiotic migrant and immigration policies welcoming Muslims who despise their hosts and consider them all enemies of Islam. Their actions, not covered by news sources accessed by you and yours, are suppressed by local governments, and citizens who speak out against the ongoing outrages are liable to be prosecuted for racism and hate crimes. A truly batshit state of affairs, that our political leaders should recognize and speak out against, especially when it comes to maintaining our own national security.

Dr. Rebane @ 1:06 pm Not the answer he was seeking. Try it again Paul until you hear Trump lied.
Remember, Paul's sole purpose is to poke Trump and Trumpsters, Resist!, and maybe an inadvertent replace or two into BDS. Oh yeah, daily polls.

Good find Bill. Run jobs out of the state, pile on more taxes, restrict rights, close off land to the public. If geriatric Jerry actually signs that new giveaway, watch how fast the beach bums bitch that the beaches are being abused and spoiled.

We can afford to send Paul and friends to the beach, but fixing Oroville dam isn't in the cards. So hit up Trump for the repairs.

This one is no surprise and will probably pass in CA. Lord knows that Medicaide has soared in CA by 47% year over year and the State is struggling to pay 10% of the costs associated since CA loosened its qualifying eligibility. Free vacations and free health care. Hope the dam holds. Don't worry about the costs. Oh yeah, Di-Fi's husband landed a one BILLION dollar contract for Moonbeam's choo-choo. Tax the rich!

Three of the links you gave me were from last year or 2015. the one that was from Friday referred to the Swedes discovering they have a crime problem. Hardly any of these equate to a major event that occurred "last night in Sweden"

That's some lame ass spin there poll head PE, the filmmaker on Waters was reporting on the muslim crime wave, the crime increases are 'refugee' driven. Poor ol' PE the democrat tool newsman who is acting like a maroon. ;-)

Poor ol' PE, You willfully ignore that the President was talking about the tv show so trying to spin that into he said there was a terrorist event is lame ass. Its your choice to carry the democrats water and all that entails. We understand your situation you poor ol' poll head you. Its looking like its going to be a long 8 years for you. ;-)

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Can you show me any documentation that he was talking about the TV show If he was you sure didn't express it very well It was expressed as "after what happened last night in Sweden". Not Fox news last night reported that.

It looks like you have TURD and BDS eruptions clouding your senses. All of us who saw the show knew exactly what he was talking about when it said it live. After you democrat propaganda tools started with your canned talking points he tweeted about it too. You at some point have to recognize your reading list is deficient and leaves you ill-equipped with information. JUST KIDDING! We know as a newsman you cant deviate from the democrat party talking points, poor ol' poll head PE. ;-)

Well, a few websites immediately after the fact mentioned that he was referring to some Tucker (You Can't Cuck the Tuck!) Carlson show, the networks claimed he was LYING! about some sort of terrorist attack, The Man himself says he was talking (I think) about an ABC story. Believe what you like. There is no news anymore.

I'll tell what's brilliant about this. Several (or more) million schlubs from flyover country just got interested in the situation in Sweden. There's plenty out there to check out and it'll suit Trump's narrative. Genius if purposeful, but probably just some sentences that came out from a politician who speaks off-the-cuff at public appearances.

That last point is darned remarkable in an age of committee-written lawyerese speechcraft. Just try doing a 1+ hour speech in front of a large crowd with this set of detailed notes:

Poor ol' poll head PE cant bring himself to watch FOX but good news for the newsman, cnn had the same filmmaker on a little bit ago. The very guy who WE ALL saw along with the President the other day. Give it up PE. Perhaps its best you go back to poll panic. ;-)

Well at least PE is admitting he is ignorant of the events he lamely tried to slam the Prez about. Sad ol' PE missed the documentarian everyone is talking about. He was on also cnn tonight and clips abound. I have always ignored shep smith you poor ol' poll head. ;-)

That is not the issue George Trump made it look like some terrible thing happens in Sweden on Friday which was not true he said that to somehow enhance whatever it was he was saying That there are ongoing problem s with immigration in Sweden can certainly be documented But Trump intentionally made it look like something really bad happened specifically on Friday That's one of his tricks Sweden is really pissed off about it

Once again it was fake news and unintentional false emphasis from our liar in chief

George I think we can agree hopefully that Hannity Or Carlson are not actually newscasters but our commentators with a predetermined opinion about everything Much like Rachel Madow and others on msnbc.

No PE, you democrat proxies in the news biz tried to make that an issue by all saying it at once as ordered. Those of us not encumbered with your reporter democrat bias understood what was going on. Thank you for confirming my 519 with your 539. Don't you guys call that walking it back? ;-)

PaulE 542pm - I think you've tried again to slip out of this one. The evidence that Muslims are terrorizing Sweden (among other EU countries) is overwhelming (see above for more from other commenters). Citing that Carlson and Hannity are commentators has nothing to do with their presentation of the evidence.

Liked the quote from your link. Says it all where the rubber meets the road.

"Swedish police advice women never to go out anywhere alone, especially in the evening, if they want to avoid being raped, assaulted or worse by Muslim invaders."

Seems we used to post here darn near daily rape and assualt reports from Western Europe that let in hordes of single young sexist Islamic men. France, Germany, Britain on a daily basis. I liked that big Muslim march they had chanting "No Free Speech". Classic. Demanding the government to ban free speech. Sadly, I have seen the reports coming out of Europe drop dramatically over the last year as criticism of Muslims is now prosecuted as hate speech. Mere criticism of a government's immigration policy in and of itself is illegal and prosecuted in more Northetn Europe countries. Facebook has blocked all reporting of rape, violence, sodomy, assualt, robbery, and "worse".

Hate speech is the Left's catch all phrase to shut down all debate (an information) from mainstream conservatives to Milo to Trump to fairness in reporting, to even UC Berkeley's campus newspaper refusing to publish any letters that simply decry violence. It's all justified because reporting a Muslim sodomized a 6 year old European girl in a public park in broad daylight is Hate Speech!

The work around is to refer to the invaders as North Africans or "Asians". Still, the news coming out has been shut down.

I can't believe you fall for it. It has nothing to do with Sweden or rampaging hordes of Islamic raping their way across Germany and France. Paul does not care one hoot about the plight of women in Sweden. He cares little if at all about that. Furthest thing from his mind, his mission, his obsessions..

Dr. Rebane, Dr. Rebane, Dr. Rebane! I am shocked. Remember Paul stated his PURPOSE is to come here to jab and poke and hate on Trump. Fight time. That is the whole ball of wax. It you boys want to discuss issues like education or immigration, all he knows is what he heard.
With PE, he boasts how he bobs and weaves and is the self proclaimed Muhammad Ali hitting on you boys. He even boasts that many people follow him. He is a hero. He is the Resistance! Trump never misspeaks, Trump only lies!!

If you want to waste your time with the punchdrunk kid, that is your business. I just can't believe you thought he is teachable. Poor Paul, he thinks he has an open mind, lol.

Amazing how one off the cuff gaffe can change the dynamics of the Middle East. In Sept 2013, the US was pounding the war drums to launch a strike on Syria. Susan Rice was saying the missles were enroute and the Senate was set to vote of the war authorization the next day. Germany was on board, but Merkel was furious that Spain was not going along. The British Parilment had rejected their PM's plan to join in on the military strikes of the Assad regime just 10 days before. The G-20 summit a week prior to Kerry's gaffe mentioned nothing about any political resolution to getting rid of Assad. John McCain was advocating for an immediate military intervention. Obama was set to address the nation that night as the Navy readied its Tomahawk cruise missles. Then Kerry spoke.

The result was Putin suddenly stepped in as a peace broker and instantly gave Russia equilibrium in the region. Putin was voted the most popular man on the planet and donned Man of the Year magazine covers. Everything changed just 2 days before the anniversary of 9/11, the day of the planned air strikes to begin.

What a off the cuff comment resulted in is the fallout we face today. From the Syrian refugee mess, the explosion of the growth of ISIS, to Putin's new found power and status on the world stage.

It's funny how you have to go to the corners of the web for news anymore. Just look at CNN's webpage above the fold, 99% anti-Trump opinion articles. Their entire national newsroom must be assigned to The Man.

"Bill Gates calls for income tax on robots: Microsoft co-founder suggests money should be used to retrain people replaced by robots," by Richard Waters in S.F.: "It is an idea that until now has been associated more with European socialists than tech industry leaders, and puts him in the unusual position of explicitly arguing for taxes to slow the adoption of new technology."

Gates told Quartz: "It is really bad if people overall have more fear about what innovation is going to do than they have enthusiasm ... That means they won't shape it for the positive things it can do. And, you know, taxation is certainly a better way to handle it than just banning some elements of it."

Last year, Berlin reversed course on arms exports following a storm of media criticism. Tighter restrictions ground HK's Middle East business to a halt, hammering revenues.
Even worse, for a company that prides itself on engineering it likens to "fine watchmaking", the government is now questioning the quality of its signature product.
The G36, Berlin says, does not shoot straight in hot weather or when it heats up through constant firing.

But the US Marines are set to start buying the M27 IAR, even though they know the weapon does not do so well in hot weather (like Iraq), does not have interchangeable barrels, doesn't seem to like the taste of the army ammo, and costs 3 times as much as the current SAW.

The Shoe Bomber was a Muslim
The Beltway Snipers were Muslims
The Fort Hood Shooter was a Muslim
The underwear Bomber was a Muslim
The U.S.S. Cole Bombers were Muslims
The Madrid Train Bombers were Muslims
The Bafi Nightclub Bombers were Muslims
The London Subway Bombers were Muslims
The Moscow Theater Attackers were Muslims
The Boston Marathon Bombers were Muslims
The Pan-Am flight #93 Bombers were Muslims
The Air France Entebbe Hijackers were Muslims
The Iranian Embassy Takeover, was by Muslims
The Beirut U.S. Embassy bombers were Muslims
The Libyan U.S. Embassy Attack was by Muslims
The Buenos Aires Suicide Bombers were Muslims
The Israeli Olympic Team Attackers were Muslims
The Kenyan U.S, Embassy Bombers were Muslims
The Saudi, Khobar Towers Bombers were Muslims
The Beirut Marine Barracks bombers were Muslims
The Besian Russian School Attackers were Muslims
The first World Trade Center Bombers were Muslims
The Bombay & Mumbai India Attackers were Muslims
The Achille Lauro Cruise Ship Hijackers were Muslims
The September 11th 2001 Airline Hijackers were Muslims

Deju Vu.
The American M16 rifle, which replaced the M14, was lighter and considered more accurate than the AK-47 but was prone to jamming. Often the gun suffered from a jamming flaw known as "failure to extract," which meant that a spent cartridge case remained lodged in the chamber after a bullet flew out the muzzle. According to a congressional report, the jamming was caused primarily by a change in gunpowder which was done without adequate testing and reflected a decision for which the safety of soldiers was a secondary consideration.